Investing Articles

When I tell people what I do for a living, I hear things like this:
“The stock market!? That’s a real crap shoot!”
“You invest in startups? I’d rather play the lotto!”
“Oh, isn’t that like gambling?”
Comments like that used to bother me. But not anymore.
Nowadays, I take…

Whether you’re talking about investing in the stock market...
Investing in startups...
Or even founding your own startup…
One simple rule can help you identify the opportunities with the most profit potential...
In the Beginning...
Several years ago, right when Matt and I decided to launch Crowdability, we spent some time visiting…

Editor’s Note: Wayne is traveling abroad this week, doing research on new investment opportunities in the cannabis industry. So today, we’ll be re-publishing a popular article from our archives. This is a natural follow-up to Matt’s article from yesterday — where he explained why the biggest investment profits go to those…

Next week, SnapChat is set to IPO.
When it goes public, the popular photo and video sharing start-up is expected to have a market cap of about $18 billion.
At that level, Snap’s private market investors stand to make a fortune.
In fact, even Snap’s investors who got involved late…

We often write about the extraordinary returns you could make in early-stage investing.
And while investing in the private markets tends to be more profitable than investing in stocks, it’s not the most profitable investment I ever made.
Today, I want to tell you the story of my most profitable…

A massive market bursting with profits...
Aggressive competition...
And an entrepreneur who’s putting it all on the line.
You might think I’m referring to corporate warfare—but I’m not:
I’m talking about the world of drug dealing.
But the interesting thing is this:
By observing one world, you can learn what…

I have a close friend named Adam who’s an “addict.”
But he’s not addicted to drugs or alcohol...
He’s addicted to start-ups.
“I can’t help myself,” he once told me. “Whenever I hear a great pitch for a new start-up, I want to write a check and invest in the company…

What pops into your head when you think about start-ups?
Young entrepreneurs in shower sandals trying to change the world?
A dark, cramped room stacked with computers and blinking lights?
Brilliant scientists tinkering with the human genome?
For many folks, those are the images they think of.
And frankly, those…

Wall Street is dying...
Big brokers like Morgan Stanley are being replaced by more efficient alternatives, and traditional investments like stocks and bonds are falling by the wayside.
It began with companies like E-Trade introducing online trading...
And you can see it today as Peer-to-Peer Lending and Equity Crowdfunding find their…

Any gamblers in the house?
Here’s an interesting fact for you:
The odds of consistently winning at poker are about 5% to 10% -- that’s similar to the odds angel investors face when trying to pick winning start-ups.
Amazingly, despite the odds, an elite group of poker players consistently manages…